{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-89.101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 89.101","heading":"CRIMINAL SLANDER.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person:\n(1) knowingly makes, utters, circulates, or transmits to another person a statement that is untrue and derogatory to the financial condition of an association; or\n(2) with intent to injure an association counsels, aids, procures, or induces another person to originate, make, utter, transmit, or circulate a statement or rumor that is untrue and derogatory to the financial condition of the association.\n(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a state jail felony.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.062, eff. September 1, 2009.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 464 (S.B. 1008), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 3. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES","SUBTITLE B. SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS","CHAPTER 89. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS","SUBCHAPTER C. OFFENSES AND PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.89.htm#89.101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"ac0dcc902aa0deed79ae616fec8281178f0e3998a1fea240a64bbfccd77a4c5d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-89.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-89.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}